The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for poliomyelitis. The veteran's current bilateral leg weakness is attributed to having contracted polio in service after receiving a polio vaccine, but there is no medical evidence showing he had poliomyelitis or its residuals during service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the competent evidence does not show that the veteran currently has poliomyelitis or any residuals thereof.
- Claimed conditions
- poliomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0842610
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-polio syndrome, finding that there was no evidence of aggravation beyond natural progression and that the condition was not incurred during or related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate opinion from a VA examiner regarding direct service connection for post-polio syndrome.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for poliomyelitis, right foot disability (excluding residuals of poliomyelitis), and right hip disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to incomplete development.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC benefits as a helpless child of her father, finding that she was not permanently incapable of self-support at the time of her 18th birthday due to poliomyelitis.
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